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Small Bodies of Water

By Nina Mingya Powles

Book information

Publisher
Canongate Books
Year
2021
ISBN
9781838852153, 9781838852184, 9781838852160
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
11 MB (11546276 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-21 23:51:40
Biography & Autobiography; Nonfiction; BIO000000

Description

'Remarkable' Robert Macfarlane 'Gorgeous' Amy Liptrot 'Urgent and nourishing' Jessica J. Lee Nina Mingya Powles first learned to swim in Borneo – where her mother was born and her grandfather studied freshwater fish. There, the local swimming pool became her first body of water. Through her life there have been others that have meant different things, but have still been, in their own way, home: from the wild coastline of New Zealand to a pond in northwest London. In lyrical, powerful prose, Small Bodies of Water weaves together memories, dreams and nature writing. Exploring everything from migration, food, family, earthquakes and the ancient lunisolar calendar, Nina reflects on a girlhood spent growing up between two cultures, and what it means to belong.

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